Will Mainline Halo be Xbox's Last and Only Exclusive?

[Barkley]

kowenicki said:

S.T.A.G.E. said:

If Microsoft puts halo on PC they've gracefully bowed out of the serious race with the Xbox one console. At this point I'm half way saved up for the rig that I want and an Xbox one elite controller is What I want added to the bundle. If that goes off without a hitch my Xbox one will be my 360 from now on unless I'm playing halo.

You are far more intelligent than this. 

If this last few weeks has shown us anything, it is that there is no console race any more, not in the traditional sense.  It is changing into a race to get games in as many peoples hands as possible... games as a service.

I cant believe people cant or wont see this is coming and coming fast.

Except having a large console installbase generates substantial revenue from third parties and subscriptions (gold/ps+), sure they'll make more money from first party releases but without the third parties releasing on the Windows Store, Console installbase is still very important.

It's not just about getting your first party games into more hands, it's about getting a cut from the sales of third party titles, which obviously are far more numerous and no doubt generate far more revenue without requiring any investment in their production.